|
Office
Visits To Physicians
(All figures are for U.S.) |
|
Number
of Visits Annually: |
756,700,000
(1999) |
|
Average
Number of Visits per 100 Persons: |
2.8
(1999) |
|
Most
Frequent Principal Reason for Visit: |
General
Medical Examination
(46 million visits, 1999) |
|
Most
Frequent Physician Specialty Visited: |
General
and Family Practice
(170,571,000 visits (1999) |
|
Most
Frequent Diagnostic Procedure
Performed: |
Blood
Pressure checks
(339,342,000 in 1999) |
|
Most
Frequent Principle Diagnosis: |
Essential
Hypertension
(31,962,000 in (1999) |
|
Type
of Drug Most Frequently Mentioned: |
Claritin
(16 million in 1999)
|
|
Most
Frequent Source of Payment: |
Private/Commercial
Insurance (55 percent of visits in 1999) |
Source:
U.S. Dept. of Health And Human Services:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
|
Advance
Data 322
www.hhs.gov
www.cdc.gov
|
